NEWS-LEDGER ONLINE — APRIL 3, 2014 – The West Sacramento City Council last night selected Beverly “Babs” Sandeen to fill the seat vacated when councilman Oscar Villegas left to serve on the Yolo County Board of Supervisors. The vote was 4-0 and came after the council interviewed six finalists from among a field of 25 [...]

NEWS-LEDGER — APRIL 2, 2014 – By Steve Marschke News-Ledger Editor The West Sacramento City Council is on track to fill a vacant seat on the council tonight. Mayor Christopher Cabaldon and Mayor Pro Tem Mark Johannessen have winnowed a list of 25 applicants into a short list of six “finalists,” invited to interview at [...]

NEWS-LEDGER — MARCH 26, 2014 – By Steve Marschke News-Ledger Editor Were you expecting very many people to apply to fill that vacancy on the West Sacramento City Council? If you were, you were right. City officials received applications from 25 citizens hoping to serve out the remaining term of the empty seat, through November [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — MARCH 26, 2014 – News items below are collected from police dispatchers’ notes and arrest reports. The information in them has often not been verified beyond the initial reports. Want to see this roundup every week? See the bottom of the article for a special offer. March 14 A Fillmore [...]

NEWS-LEDGER — MARCH 19, 2014 – By Steve Marschke News-Ledger Editor It’s a drought year, and both state and local officials want Californians to find ways to use 20 percent less water. But many West Sacramentans have no way to measure that: this city is among those communities, mostly in the Central Valley, that don’t [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — MARCH 12, 2014 – Air Force Airman Roderick K. Vongsa graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — MARCH 12, 2014 – The office of Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig wants the public to be aware of a couple of scams currently making the rounds. In one ripoff, consumers receive a computer-generated phone call telling them they have won $100 off of their AT&T phone bill. The phone [...]